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Dark wave or darkwave is a music genre that began in the late 1970s coinciding with the popularity of new wave and post-punk. Building on those basic principles dark wave […]

The system console computer console root console operator’s console or simply console is the text entry and display device for system administration messages particularly those from the BIOS or boot […]

Operation Mindfuck or OM is an important practice in the Discordian religion. The concept was developed by Kerry Thornley and Robert Anton Wilson in 1968 and given its name by […]

In the maintenance of file systems defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation. It does this by physically organizing the contents of the mass storage device used […]

Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal or hard alternative) is a style of heavy metal. Alternative metal usually takes elements of heavy metal with influences from genres like alternative rock […]

The twist is a dance that was inspired by rock and roll music. It became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s enjoying immense popularity among young people […]

Panama is a Central American country inhabited mostly by mestizos (persons of mixed African European and indigenous ancestry).

A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as role-playing game or RPG as well as computer RPG or CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions […]

Psychological horror is a subgenre of horror fiction film and video games (as a narrative) which relies on the characters’ fears and emotional instability to build tension.

A computer icon is a pictogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help user navigate a computer system or mobile device in a similar way traffic signs are […]